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Sarah Frances Mudd (Dyer) (1835 - 1911)

Also Known As: "Frances"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, USA
Death: December 29, 1911 (76)
Waldorf, Charles, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Benjamin Dyer and Clara Elizabeth Dyer
Wife of Dr. Samuel Mudd
Mother of Andrew Jerome Mudd; Lillian Augusta "Sissie" Mudd; Dr. Thomas Dyer Mudd; Samuel Alexander Mudd, II; Henry Mudd and 4 others
Sister of Mary Ellen Middleton; Jeremiah Dyer and Mary Ellen Middleton

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About Sarah Frances Mudd

Sarah Frances 'Frankie' Mudd (Dyer)

This small book is a biography of Sarah Frances Dyer Mudd, the wife of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, one of the eight persons convicted in the 1865 Lincoln assassination trial. It complements the author's larger complete biography of the life of Dr. Mudd, entitled The Assassin's Doctor.

Much has been written about Dr. Mudd and his involvement with John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln assassination, but little about his wife Sarah. This book attempts to fill that void. It tells the story of Sarah's life growing up on the Dyer family farm, her education and marriage, her struggles during her husband's trial and imprisonment after the Lincoln assassination, and her life afterwards. It also tells of the lives of Sarah's sisters and brothers, and the lives of her nine children.

This is the story of a woman who would have been content to live a quiet and anonymous life as the wife of a country doctor, but was instead drawn unwillingly into one of the most public and tragic events in American history, the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln.

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Sarah Frances Mudd's Timeline

1835
March 15, 1835
Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, USA
1859
1859
Waldorf, Charles, Maryland, USA
1860
1860
Waldorf, Charles, Maryland, USA
1862
1862
Waldorf, Charles, Maryland, USA
1864
January 30, 1864
Waldorf, Charles, Maryland, USA
1870
1870
Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, USA
1871
1871
Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, USA
1873
July 27, 1873
Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, United States
1875
1875